Australian Championships

Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
Australian Track & Field Championships - 1971-72 Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, 22-26 March 1972

100 METRES - Men
HEAT 1 - Friday 24 March 1972				Wind: -5.8m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	11.1
2	Eric Bigby	Qld	11.2
3	Gary Eddy	Vic	11.2
4	Graham Haskell	Vic	11.2
5	Glenn Townsend	NSW	11.3
6	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	11.4
7	Murray Bird	Tas	11.5

HEAT 2 - Friday 24 March 1972				Wind: -5.8m
1	Ian Boswell	SA	11.3
2	David Stokes	Qld	11.3
3	Bobby Turner	USA	11.3
4	Vin Plant	Vic	11.4
5	Brett Weinberg	Vic	11.5
6	Barry Minehan	Vic	11.7
	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3 - Friday 24 March 1972				Wind: -3.65m
1	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	10.7
2	Peter Norman	Vic	11.0
3	Russell Burguez	Qld	11.0
4	Alan Bradshaw	SA	11.1
5	Brad Trotter	WA	11.1
6	Lawrie Fanshaw	Vic	11.4

SEMIFINAL 1 - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: -3.66m
1	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	10.8
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	10.8
3	David Stokes	Qld	10.9
4	Bobby Turner	USA	10.9
5	Vin Plant	Vic	10.9
6	Gary Eddy	Vic	11.1
7	Brett Weinberg	Vic	11.1

SEMIFINAL 2 - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: -2.44m
1	Graham Haskell	Vic	10.8
2	Ian Boswell	SA	10.8
3	Peter Norman	Vic	11.0
4	Eric Bigby	Qld	11.0
5	Russell Burguez	Qld	11.1
6	Alan Bradshaw	SA	11.1

FINAL - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: -5.79m
1	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	10.7
2	Ian Boswell	SA	10.9
3	Graham Haskell	Vic	11.0
4	Peter Norman	Vic	11.1
5	Greg Lewis	Vic	11.1
6	David Stokes	Qld	11.1

200 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Sunday 26 March 1972				Wind: -1.2m
1	Barry Minehan	Vic	21.3
2	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	21.3
3	Glenn Townsend	NSW	21.5
4	Ross Wilson	Qld	21.6
5	Brett Weinberg	Vic	21.6
6	Charles Asati	KEN	21.7
	Lawrie Fanshaw	Vic	DNS

HEAT 2 - Sunday 26 March 1972				Wind: 0.0m
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	21.0
2	Vin Plant	Vic	21.3
3	Bobby Turner	USA	21.4
4	Russell Burguez	Qld	21.4
5	Graham Haskell	SA	21.8
	Peter Fitzgerald	Vic	DNS
	Andrew Ratcliffe	NSW	DNS

HEAT 3 - Sunday 26 March 1972				Wind: +1.8m
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	20.9
2	Peter Norman	Vic	21.0
3	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	21.1
4	Ian Boswell	SA	21.1
5	David Stokes	Qld	21.2
6	Murray Bird	Tas	21.6
7	Brad Trotter	WA	22.1

SEMIFINAL 1 - Sunday 26 March 1972
1	Ian Boswell	SA	21.1	Wind:
2	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.1
3	Bobby Turner	USA	21.1
4	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	21.3
5	Vin Plant	Vic	21.3
	Ross Wilson	Qld	DNS

SEMIFINAL 2 - Sunday 26 March 1972				Wind:
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	21.0
2	Peter Norman	Vic	21.1
3	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	21.1
4	Barry Minehan	Vic	21.1
5	Glenn Townsend	NSW	21.4
6	Russell Burguez	Qld	21.5
7	Brett Weinberg	Vic	21.6

FINAL - Sunday 26 March 1972				Wind: opposing
1	Greg Lewis	Vic	21.5
2	Gary Eddy	Vic	21.5
3	Peter Norman	Vic	21.6
4	Ian Boswell	SA	21.6
5	Laurie D'Arcy	Vic	21.6
6	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	22.3
7	Bobby Turner	USA	22.3

400 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 24 March 1972
1	Gary Eddy	Vic	46.3
2	Wayne Collett	USA	46.7
3	Ross Wilson	Qld	46.9
4	Colin McCurry	Vic	47.3
5	Vic Pascoe	Qld	48.2
6	Thomas Saisi	KEN	49.2
	William Koskei	KEN	DNS

HEAT 2 - Friday 24 March 1972
1	Charles Asati	KEN	47.0
2	Bill Hooker	Vic	47.9
3	Murray Bird	Tas	48.6
4	William Taylor	WA	49.0
5	John Hassett	Vic	49.5
	Bruce Weatherlake	NSW	DNS
	Gary Knoke	NSW	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Wayne Collett	USA	46.7
2	Bill Hooker	Vic	46.9
3	Gary Eddy	Vic	47.1
4	Charles Asati	KEN	47.4
5	Ross Wilson	Qld	47.6
6	Murray Bird	Tas	48.8

800 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Thomas Saisi	KEN	1.50.0
2	Peter Fuller	Vic	1.50.3
3	Bob Smith	Vic	1.51.6
4	Peter Tippett	SA	1.51.6
5	Stan Bailey	Tas	1.52.2
6	Randal Markey	Tas	1.52.9
7	John Higham	Vic	1.53.9

HEAT 2 - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.51.5
2	Ian Jones	Vic	1.51.8
3	Stewart Tempest	WA	1.52.0
4	Ken Hall	Vic	1.52.5
5	Brendon Dooley	Tas	1.54.4
	Chris Fisher	SA	DNS
	Tony Polhill	NZL	DNS

FINAL - Sunday 26 March 1972
1	Graeme Rootham	NSW	1.46.5
2	Peter Tippett	SA	1.47.8
3	Thomas Saisi	KEN	1.48.3
4	Peter Fuller	Vic	1.48.5
5	Bob Smith	Vic	1.49.0
6	Stewart Tempest	WA	1.49.0
7	Ian Jones	Vic	1.49.5
8	Ken Hall	Vic	1.50.9
9	Stan Bailey	Tas	1.52.0

1,500 METRES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Friday 24 March 1972
1	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.58.9
2	Stewart Tempest	WA	3.59.1
3	Peter Fuller	Vic	4.04.0
4	David Holdsworth	Vic	4.04.4
	Stan Spittle	Vic	DNS
	Graeme Rootham	NSW	DNS
	Tim O'Shaughnessy	Vic	DNS
	Peter Tippet	SA	DNS
	Ken Hall	Vic	DNS
	Thomas Saisi	KEN	DNS
	Eamonn O'Reilly	USA	DNS

HEAT 2 - Friday 24 March 1972
1	Chris Fisher	SA	3.57.9
2	Peter Watson	WA	3.57.9
3	John Denholm	Tas	3.57.9
4	Bruce Adams	NSW	3.58.0
5	Keith Wheeler	WA	3.58.9
6	David Pentelow	SA	3.59.1
7	Tony Williams	Vic	3.59.2
	Ian Jones	Vic	DNS
	David Fitzsimmons	SA	DNS
	John Axsentieff	Vic	DNS
	Tony Polhill	NZL	DNS

FINAL - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Chris Fisher	SA	3.48.1
2	Peter Watson	WA	3.48.2
3	Graham Crouch	Vic	3.48.3
4	John Denholm	Tas	3.49.8
5	David Holdsworth	Vic	3.51.6
6	Bruce Adams	NSW	3.52.2
7	Stewart Tempest	WA	3.52.4
-	Peter Fuller	Vic	DNS

5,000 METRES - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Tony Benson	Vic	14.35.6
2	Graham Crouch	Vic	14.35.6
3	David Fitzsimons	SA	14.35.6
4	Rob Hendy	Vic	14.36.4
5	John Denholm	Tas	14.39.0
6	Tony Williams	Vic	14.42.0
7	Steve Stingemore	WA	14.42.6
8	Eric Coyle	Vic	14.44.8
9	Ian Murray	Qld	14.46.0
10	Bruce McLennan	Vic	14.51.8
	Don cox	Tas	DNS
	Brendan Layh	Vic	DNS
	Naftali Temu	KEN	DNS
	Kerry O'Brien	SA	DNS
	Evans Mogaka	KEN	DNS
	Eamonn O'Reilly	USA	DNS
	Bruce Adams	NSW	DNS
	Kent Rayner	Tas	DNS

10,000 METRES - Men - Friday 24 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Terry Harrison	Vic	30.19.2
2	Naftali Temu	KEN	30.22.0
3	Max Little	WA	30.34.5
4	Tom Wood	SA	31.07.4
5	Julian Scott	NSW	32.26.0
	Kent Rayner	Tas	DNS
	Don cox	Tas	DNS
	Brenton Norman	SA	DNS
	Brendan Layh	Vic	DNS

110 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: opposing
1	Warren Parr	NSW	14.7
2	Max Binnington	Vic	15.3
3	Stan Druckery	USA	15.5
4	John Sheridan	WA	16.0
	Jim Kealy	Vic	DNS
	Alan Titheridge	NSW	DNS

HEAT 2 - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: -3.35m
1	Mal Baird	Vic	14.7
2	Sam Carruthers	USA	15.1
3	Bob Green	Vic	15.2
4	Adam Pedler	SA	15.3
5	Peter Morton	NSW	15.5
6	David James	Vic	15.6

FINAL - Saturday 25 March 1972				Wind: opposing
1	Mal Baird	Vic	14.6
2	Stan Druckery	USA	14.7
3	Sam Carruthers	USA	14.8
4	Warren Parr	NSW	14.9
5	Max Binnington	Vic	15.1
6	Bob Green	Vic	15.2
7	Adam Pedler	SA	15.5
8	John Sheridan	WA	15.8

400 METRES HURDLES - Men
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
HEAT 1 - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Bruce Field	Vic	52.8
2	Bob Green	Vic	52.9
3	Steve Miller	NSW	53.2
4	Brian Gourlay	Vic	53.5
5	Ian Wilson	Qld	54.5
6	Wally Groom	WA	56.0

HEAT 2 - Saturday 25 March 1972
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	52.2
2	William Koskei	KEN	52.2
3	John Sheridan	WA	53.3
4	Russell Swayne	SA	54.6
5	John Kealy	Vic	56.7
	Lindsay Carran	Qld	DQ	(53.4)
	Geoff James	Vic	DNS

FINAL - Sunday 26 March 1972
1	Gary Knoke	NSW	49.3
2	William Koskei	KEN	49.4
3	Bruce Field	Vic	49.9
4	John Sheridan	WA	52.0
5	Steve Miller	NSW	52.3
6	Russell Swayne	SA	52.3
7	Bob Green	Vic	53.6

3,000 METRES STEEPLECHASE - Men - Saturday 25 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Kerry O'Brien	SA	8.31.2
2	Rob Hendy	Vic	8.48.0
3	Evans Mogaka	KEN	8.52.2
4	Phil Henschke	SA	8.54.2
5	Dave McInnes	NSW	9.01.2
6	Eric Coyle	Vic	9.01.8
7	Kevin Falloon	Vic	9.02.2
8	Ian Murray	Qld	9.07.6
9	Ian Minter	Vic	9.14.6
10	David Horn	Vic	9.27.8
	Fred Langford	WA	DNS
	Terry Harrison	Vic	DNS
	Grant Taggart	Vic	DNS

3,000 METRES WALK - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ross Haywood	Vic	12.44.8
2	Frank Clark	NSW	12.47.6
3	Ray Leonard	SA	13.09.0
4	Don Keane	WA	13.10.6
5	Steve Hausfeld	NSW	13.12.4
6	Phil Hollis	SA	13.20.0
7	Russell Edmunds	WA	13.30.5
8	Ron Foster	Tas	13.34.6
9	Lindsay Carrucan	NSW	13.48.0
10	Ed Dawkings	NSW	13.51.6

HIGH JUMP - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Lawrie Peckham	Vic	2.13m	7'0"
2	Bryan Burgess	Vic	2.11m	6'11"
3	Peter Wright	NSW	2.03m	6'8"
4	Gordon Windeyer	NSW	1.98m	6'6"
5	Robbie Watt	Vic	1.98m	6'6"
6	Greg Wilson	WA	1.88m	6'2"
-	Tony Sneazwell	Vic	NH

POLE VAULT - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Boyd	Vic	5.03m	16'6"
2	Sam Carruthers	USA	4.87m	16'0"
3	Andy Stewart	Vic	4.27m	14'0"
-	Rob Huddle	Vic	NH
-	Ed Johnson	Vic	NH

LONG JUMP - Men - Saturday 25 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Murray Tolbert	NSW	8.16m	26'9½"	wa
2	Bruce Field	Vic	8.10m	26'7"	wa
3	Chris Commons	Vic	7.90m	25'11¼"	wa
4	Peter Reece	SA	7.73m	25'4½"	wa
5	Robbie Goff	WA	7.41m	24'4"	wa
6	Graeme Bottomley	Vic	7.29m	23'11"	wa
7	Graham Taylor	Qld	7.28m	23'10½"	wa
	Robert Gow	Qld	DNS

TRIPLE JUMP - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Mick McGrath	Vic	16.27m	53'4½"
2	Lawrie Walkley	NSW	15.77m	51'9"
3	Russell Sarah	Vic	15.44m	60'8"
4	Alwyn Blackwell	WA	14.71m	48'3¼"
5	Graham Taylor	Qld	13.49m	44'3"
	Murray Tolbert	NSW	DNS

SHOT PUT - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ray Rigby	Vic	17.34m	56'10¾"
2	Alex Brown	WA	17.18m	56'4½"
3	Peter Phillips	Qld	16.82m	55'2¼"
4	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	14.48m	47'6¼"
5	Len Vlahov	WA	14.02m	46'0¼"
6	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	13.72m	45'0½"
	Nye Evans	Tas	DNS

DISCUS THROW - Men - Saturday 25 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Warwick Selvey	NSW	52.12m	171'0"
2	Len Vlahov	WA	50.62m	166'1"
3	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	45.06m	147'10"
4	Ron Lunt	NSW	44.91m	147'4"
5	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	43.87m	143'11"
	Ray Rigby	Vic	DNS

HAMMER THROW - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Ron Frawley	Qld	59.18m	194'2"
2	Dick Leffler	Vic	55.42m	181'10"
3	Graham Braden	Vic	52.16m	171'1"
4	Zenon 'Ben' Grzes	Qld	50.20m	164'9"
5	Olli Koivukangas	NSW	50.14m	164'5"
6	Don Leadbetter	SA	44.60m	146'4"
	Mike Edwards	Vic	DNS
	Alex Brown	WA	DNS
	Tom Mullins	NSW	DNS

JAVELIN THROW - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Sig Koscik	Vic	71.46m	234'6"
2	Neil Sando	SA	62.90m	206'4"
3	Peter Lawler	NSW	61.44m	201'7"
4	Brett Stirzaker	SA	60.54m	198'8"
5	Keith Spencer	WA	59.94m	196'8"
6	Bruce Edington	SA	58.86m	195'9"
7	Phil Nicholls	SA	51.94m	170'5"
	Greg Nicol	NSW	DNS

DECATHLON - Men - Wed/Thu 22/23 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
1	Sam Carruthers	USA	6,995pts
	(11.3, 7.34m, 9.57m, 1.93m, 52.0, 14.3, 35.64m, 4.80m, 51.82m, 5.49.7)
2	Robbie Goff	WA	6,781pts
	(11.7, 7.39m, 10.44m, 1.88m, 50.6, 15.3, 33.80m, 3.50m, 52.62m, 4.44.3)
3	David Collins	NSW	6,705pts
	(11.7, 7.14m, 10.96m, 1.78m, 51.0, 16.0, 32.80m, 3.76m, 50.06m, 4.28.9)
4	Terry Beaton	SA	6,486pts
	(11.9, 6.07m, 11.12m, 1.83m, 51.4, 15.9, 35.77m, 3.66m, 54.54m, 4.43.6)
-	Ian Gawler	Vic	DNF	(3,267pts)
	(11.9, 6.63m, 11.27m, 1.76m, 52.7)

4x100 METRES RELAY - Men - Saturday 25 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	40.2
	Greg Lewis
	Peter Norman
	Laurie D'Arcy
	Barry Minehan
2	Queensland	Qld	40.6
	R.Burguez
	Eric Bigby
	J. McLean
	David Stokes
3	New South Wales	NSW	41.0
	P.Rynehart
	Warren Parr
	Murray Tolbert
	Glenn Townsend
4	Western Australia	WA	41.4
	M. Wrenn
	M. May
	John Sheridan
	Brad Trotter

4x400 METRES RELAY - Men - Sunday 26 March 1972
Pos	Athlete	Team	Mark
FINAL
1	Victoria	Vic	3.07.2
	Colin McCurry
	John Hassett
	Bruce Field
	Bill Hooker
2	New South Wales	NSW	3.08.5
	W. Everingham
	Graeme Rootham
	Gary Knoke
	Bruce Weatherlake
3	Western Australia	WA	3.14.5
	W. Taylor
	Wally Groom
	Peter Watson
	Graeme Wright
4	Queensland	Qld	3.15.3
	J. McLean
	R. McMillan
	R. Freeman
	Vic Pascoe
5	Tasmania	Tas	3.18.8
	Stuart Hood
	Murray Bird
	Brian Dooley
	Russell Morgan

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Australian Track & Field Championships - 1971-72

Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, 22-26 March 1972